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TKACZYK, Michal. Time-based Variability in the Presence of Infotainment, Service, and Civic Roles in Czech Quality Press. JOURNALISM PRACTICE. ENGLAND: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2024, nedostupné, online first, p. 1–22, 21 pp. ISSN 1751-2786. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2024.2326519.

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Original name	Time-based Variability in the Presence of Infotainment, Service, and Civic Roles in Czech Quality Press
Authors	TKACZYK, Michal.
Edition	JOURNALISM PRACTICE, ENGLAND, ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2024, 1751-2786.

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Type of outcome	Article in a journal
Confidentiality degree	is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor	Impact factor: 2.100 in 2022
Doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2024.2326519
Keywords in English	Journalistic role performance; the Czech Republic; media oligarchization; media ownership; content analysis; quality press
Changed by	Changed by: Mgr. et Mgr. Michal Tkaczyk, Ph.D., učo 245062. Changed: 20/5/2024 18:10.

Abstract (in English)
Evidence on how journalistic role performance changes in time and in relation to which factors is largely missing. This study investigates the presence of civic, infotainment, and service roles in the news, and examines whether their presence varies in time given the worsening economic conditions on the press market and changes in ownership type. A longitudinal content analysis of a representative sample of news (N=1871) published in four Czech quality dailies during three year-long periods (i.e., 2006–2007, 2011–2012, 2016–2017) was conducted. Bivariate analyses showed that the presence of the roles varied in time for all of the newspapers but to a relatively small extent. Ridge logistic regressions revealed that the presence of all three audience-related roles was associated with specific dailies and ownership types, but not with worsening economic conditions. As compared to privately-owned newspapers, likelihood for the presence of the service role was bigger in corporate-owned newspapers, and for the civic role it was bigger in oligarchic-owned newspapers. The findings suggest that corporate-owned dailies responded to worsening economic conditions by preferring a service role rather than an infotainment role, and that the effects of oligarchic ownership on journalism practice are complex and far from being straightforward.

Abstract (in English)

Evidence on how journalistic role performance changes in time and in relation to which factors is largely missing. This study investigates the presence of civic, infotainment, and service roles in the news, and examines whether their presence varies in time given the worsening economic conditions on the press market and changes in ownership type. A longitudinal content analysis of a representative sample of news (N=1871) published in four Czech quality dailies during three year-long periods (i.e., 2006–2007, 2011–2012, 2016–2017) was conducted. Bivariate analyses showed that the presence of the roles varied in time for all of the newspapers but to a relatively small extent. Ridge logistic regressions revealed that the presence of all three audience-related roles was associated with specific dailies and ownership types, but not with worsening economic conditions. As compared to privately-owned newspapers, likelihood for the presence of the service role was bigger in corporate-owned newspapers, and for the civic role it was bigger in oligarchic-owned newspapers. The findings suggest that corporate-owned dailies responded to worsening economic conditions by preferring a service role rather than an infotainment role, and that the effects of oligarchic ownership on journalism practice are complex and far from being straightforward.